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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Estill
Date of birth
1 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Johnson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Redbush, Johnson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35644565
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Bigonville, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 74

Immediate family

Members
John F. Ross (father)
Samantha E. (Sparks) Ross (mother)
Ruby Ross (sister)
Esta A. Ross (sister)

More information

Pfc Estill Ross enlisted in Huntington, Virginia on 17 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, AAR 53rd Infantry Battalion July 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten